Horn-support.



B. MAZANEK.

HORN SUPPORT.

` APPLIGATIOI FILED MAR. l1, 1905.

' 988,009. f Patented o@t.26,1909.

/N VEN TH A TTUH/VEYS IBEDRICH MAZANEK, OF NEW THE TEA TRAY COMPANYYORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO OF NEWARK, N. J., ACORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

HORN-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 26, 1909.

Application filed. March 11, 1905. Serial No. 249,545.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, BEDRICH MAZANEK, a citizen of the United States, andresiding at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horn-Supports, ofwhich the following is a specification, such as will enable thoseskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to delivery horns of phonographs and similarinstruments, and the object thereof is to provide an improved supportfor horns of this class which may be quickly and easily connected withand 'detached from the instrument whenever desired, and by means ofwhich the horn will be suitably supported at all times.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate partsof my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters ineach of the views, and in which;-

Figure l is an end view of a phonograph or similar instrument showing myimprovement connected therewith, part of the construction being insection; and, Fig. 2 a front view also partially in section.

In the drawing forming part of this specification I have indicated at aan ordinary phonograph provided with the usual delivery horn b The boXof the phonograph is provided with the usual lid a2 on which the baseplate c of the mechanical part of the instrument is placed, and the lida2 is provided at one end with the usual vertically arranged 'slot oropening a3 which aids in securing the cover of the instrument in placewhen desired, said cover which is not shown being provided with a haspwhich is inserted through the slot or opening a3.

In the practice of my invention, I provide an upright support d,comprising a base member d2, the bottom of which is much wider than thetop portion thereof as shown at d3, and provided with a downwardly eX-tending tongue or hasp d4 which passes through the slot or opening a3and is provided with a slot or opening df through which is passed a key@Z6 which holds the support on the instrument. rlhe key d is the same asthat which is used to hold the cover on the instrument when said coveris in use. The base member ld2 or the bottom portion da thereof isprovided with two outwardly directed feet d? which rest on the lid a2when said support is in position, and said base member is also providedon the inner side thereof with an inwardly directed foot e which is alittle higher than the feet all, and which rests on the plate c, andsaid foot e, in the form of construction shown, is formed on the lowerend of a vertical strip or plate e2 secured to back of the base memberd2, the obj ect of the strip or plate e2 being to give strength andrigidity to the base member cl2, and the object of the feet Z7 and elbeing to make the support strong and substantial and hold it in a rigidupright position.

Pivoted to the plate Z2 of the support, and in the form of constructionshown on the outer side of said plate, is a vertically arrangedsupplemental plate f, this connection being shown at f2 and being madebyl an ordinary screw, rivet, or similar device, and the lower end ofthe supplemental plate f is provided with a segmental slot f3 throughwhich passes a screw f4 provided with a thumb and finger head f5, andthe supplemental plate f is free to swing forwardly and backwardly `in ahorizontal plane, and may be secured in any desired position by thescrew f3. The upper end of the vplate f is rovided with a tubular springkeeper g which ranges forwardly and backwardly and at a slighttransverse angle to a forward and backward line, and said keeper isformed Aby folding the upper end of the plate f and passing through thefree end thereof and through the corresponding part of said plate athumb and finger screw g2, and mounted in the keeper g is a telescopicarm h which may be adjusted into any desired position in sai keeper, andwhich in the form of construction shown, is composed of three members,the outer members being designated by the reference characters h2 andh3, and the outer member h3 is provided with a chain or other device h4which is or may` be connected with the horn I) at h5.

The telescopic arm h may be made in any desir-ed manner, and may becomposed of any preferred number of parts, and the separate partsthereof may be held in any desired position by any suitable means, an inthis way my improvement may be applied for the support of horns of anysize or length, and byl making the support l in the lid a2 mannerdescribed, it may be connected WithY many phonographs or otherinstruments of this class Without any change Whatever in the instrumentsor the base thereof, vas'many of these instruments as now made areprovided with the slot or ope-ning a3 in the of the box thereof. It Willalso be seen that by Vmaking the top 0r supplemental member f andpivoting it to the plate Z2 the said top or supplemental member may beswung in a Vertical plane and thisrWill raise or lower the outer end ofthe arm la according to the direction in Which the plate or supplementalmember f is adjusted or moved', and in this Way the delivery'horn Z) mayalso be raised or lowered as desired.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is z* l. The combination With a phonograph boxhaving a lid and a plate thereon, said Vlid being slotted adjacent theedge of said of the support as herein described plate, of a horn supportmember overlying the said box, a projeotionhupon Vsaid member enteringythe said slot, opposite feet upon saidV member at different heightsadapted to rest one on the said lid and the other on the plate, and hornsupporting means held by .said member. Y.

2. In a horn support, the combination with a suitablebase-piece, of atop plate pivoted in vertical positiongto said basepiece by its lovverpart and having its upper end returned forming a tubular keeper, aclamping screw through said upper part and its returned end, and ahorn-supporting arm in'said keeper.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I' have Vsignedmy name in presence of the subscribing Witnesses this 10th day of March1905. Y

BEDRIGH MAZANEK. l/Vitnesses C. ELMULREANY, F. A. STEWART.

